{"id":144561,"date":"2021-08-06T23:29:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T04:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=144561"},"modified":"2021-08-06T23:29:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T04:29:58","slug":"ohio-a-g-rejects-marijuana-statute-petition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/08\/06\/ohio-a-g-rejects-marijuana-statute-petition\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio A-G nixes marijuana statute petition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; The Ohio Attorney General\u2019s Office rejected the summary for a proposed statute that would add a chapter to the Ohio Revised Code to control and regulate cannabis use by adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On July 27, the Attorney General\u2019s Office received the summary language for \u201cAn Act to Control and Regulate Adult Use Cannabis.\u201d The proposed statute would require the state to authorize adults 21 years and older to use cannabis and regulate the cultivation, processing, sale, purchase, possession and home growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attorney general\u2019s role in the petition process is to determine whether the summary is a fair and truthful representation of the proposed statute. The submitted petition does not meet that requirement. &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA4MDUuNDQxNzg4MTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5vaGlvYXR0b3JuZXlnZW5lcmFsLmdvdi9nZXRhdHRhY2htZW50LzAzZjdhYzhiLTNiNGItNGE1Yi05NzgyLTY3ZWExM2IxZjk0Yi9Bbi1BY3QtdG8tQ29udHJvbC1hbmQtUmVndWxhdGUtQWR1bHQtVXNlLUNhbm5hYmlzLmFzcHgifQ.9aG7Xfa7s45uY78x064Tt_kb0sEa92a_Gh5r7FCCPYQ\/s\/195549829\/br\/110472301011-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">response letter<\/a>&nbsp;sent to the petitioners today notes that, \u201cthe summary does not properly advise a potential signer of the proposed measure\u2019s character and limitations.\u201d The letter notes seven defects within the submitted summary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The petitioners were recommended to carefully review and scrutinize the summary to ensure that it accurately captures the proposed statute\u2019s definitions, contents and purport before it is resubmitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full text of the rejection letter and the petition can be found at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.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.allLIAmaULhK4JxlETwaaNEplYjyYmF0QyaVgV3M3JY\/s\/195549829\/br\/110472301011-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov\/Petitions<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information COLUMBUS &#8212; The Ohio Attorney General\u2019s Office rejected the summary for a proposed statute that would add a chapter to the Ohio Revised Code to control and regulate cannabis use by adults. On July 27, the Attorney General\u2019s Office received the summary language for \u201cAn Act to Control and Regulate Adult Use Cannabis.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-31 10:14:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}